Kimberly Rash
41:34 - 42:04
“we have 150 beds at East 56 and 150 beds at Linda's Place. With the passage of 16.120 at the last assembly meeting, the Anchorage Health Department is allowed to go up to 200 beds at one location before assembly approval is needed, so we will continue to surge at East 56 up to 200, and we will be at the maximum of 200 by November 30th.”
- Speaker
- Kimberly Rash
- Timestamp
- 41:34 – 42:04
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
All right, thank you so much. So many already know, many probably don't, we have surged. We started surging earlier this year so that we could make sure that we had enough space for everyone. As of right now, today, on October 21st, we have 150 beds at East 56 and 150 beds at Linda's Place. With the passage of 16.120 at the last assembly meeting, the Anchorage Health Department is allowed to go up to 200 beds at one location before assembly approval is needed, so we will continue to surge at East 56 up to 200, and we will be at the maximum of 200 by November 30th.
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